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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1901
Page
7
Reports from San Francisco say Mrs McKinley’s condition has improved to the point she could sit up for a while. The crisis is believed passed as the president received calls, and cablegrams from European leaders express concern while Secretary Long visits a sick relative. Galvin Titus, first American to mount the walls of Peking, also visited the president.
The Albany street car workers reached a settlement granting the wages they asked while the company can hire non union workers. Discharge requires cause and strikes require notice. Two guardsmen shot men buried as rain dampened turnout. Leroy Smith funeral orderly. William Walsh funeral sparked a near riot as a soldier narrowly fled a pursuing crowd.
Anoka in Anoka County reports Patrick Manley on about 35 acres near the Eastern Minnesota railroad junction just below Coon creek found ore samples testing about 62 percent iron. Duluth experts viewed the site, verdict pending, with high expectations but no definite ore quantity or value yet.
In City of Mexico on May 21 authorities began dissolving the Convent of the Carmelite Nuns amid a broader drive to eject monastic houses defying the reform laws of Pro. Juarez. Liberal papers praise the firm policy, signaling further action against secret religious communities.
Denver May 21 The tise strike of the manufacturing m ists of Denver has been averted as local members of the National Trades association agree to a nine hour day and the wage scale sought by the Machinists union is not pursued.
Havana May 21 The Cuban constitutional convention committee on relations submits majority and minority reports on the Platt amendment. The majority adds interpretive clauses to the sixth seventh and eighth provisions proposing future treaty settlements and naval guidance while asserting U S intervention rights but not sovereignty. The minority questions U S consistency and favors Monroe doctrine adherence and reciprocity in commerce. The overall shift surprises observers who expected straightforward acceptance.
Everett Conway shot and killed C. W. Garrison and wife in Evansville Indiana then fatally wounded Patrolman Benjamin Wallis before shooting himself. He also killed Garrison’s cows and set the barn on fire as police and bystanders watched. Two bystanders were wounded. Wallis died later. Conway and Garrison families had feuded. Conway left a note to Garrison and surrendered to fate.
In Youngstown on May 21 a disaster at the National Steel plant in the Bessemer department left two men dead and three others fighting for life. The accident began when a giant converter cover detached, unleashing 13 tons of molten metal that flowed across the mill. The fatalities were unnamed Hungarian workers. one corpse was burned to ashes, the other burned beyond recognition.
A description notes nearly severe burns from an accident where the bolts in the plate were crystallized, suggesting the fault lay with the plate hardware. The incident is described as being linked to crystallization in the bolts.
Frank Greipel of 645 Smith Avenue was shot three times by his brother-in-law Henry Mingers shortly before 8 p m in St Paul. Greifel died at the scene. Mingers remains at large. The family had a history of quarrels. the only witness is Greipel's 6 year old son as the wife left briefly to fetch water for her brother.
Fire at Masury and Co paint and varnish works on Plymouth Street Brooklyn destroys 150000 dollars in property. Two workers John W Thomas and his son John N Thomas die with 25 others burned. Dennis McDonough is missing and a body recovered but unidentifiable.
In winter use Benson's Porous Plasters for coughs and colds as a superior external remedy. They enter the skin and target the disease, relieving a seated cold without upsetting the stomach. Placed on chest or back, they quickly ease congestion and breathing, with claims of curing lung, bronchial, or kidney issues with minimal suffering.
At St Johns Newfoundland a 170 foot chimney at Jewett's saw mill collapsed during repairs. Three men died John McCluskey William J Price and M Wilson. Price and McCluskey were 100 feet up inside the structure and Wilson worked below. The collapse occurred at the bottom and all three died.
The Creek council joint committee votes 12 to 3 to recommend ratifying the treaty without amendments except removing the clause allowing certain Seminoles to take allotments in the Creek Nation. Ratification is now considered virtually certain.
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